Argument welcome, but rhetoric serves hardly any purpose

Mr Shahid Shabir’s (Not on right track – GK 16-02-2011) response to my opinion (He is on right track – GK 11-02-2011) is welcome. I thank him for his keen interest and the counter-argument.For making internet and social networking popular and allowing people to voice their opinion for or against More

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Bold decision

This refers to the news “Govt. decides to go public on new Police Act.” We must appreciate the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for taking such a bold decision. Ideally things about police are never discussed publicly in Jammu and Kashmir. But it is encouraging that the state government has decided to take More

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New bill

This refers to the news about bringing up the bill for one time reservation in government services. It seems that better sense has started to prevail upon our lawmakers. They have finally begun to realize that multi-time reservation has caused a never ending despair and desperation in government servants More

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Prepaid tussle

This refers to the news “Prepaid customers may again lose connectivity.” Unfortunately Kashmir has been turned into a laboratory where all kinds of experiments are done. All kinds of bans are for Kashmiris, whether it is ban on SMS or prepaid service. This is not happening anywhere in the world and New More

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Comprehensive plan

This refers to the news “Srinagar is face of J&K: Omar.” The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is right in his assertions. But sadly, the condition of Srinagar is not well. The city has been neglected for years together. See the situation in Old City. It has lost its historical glory. It could have been More

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Essential commodities

In Kashmir Valley, there is no concern either for quality or quantity of the essential commodities. With the result, everybody suffers. The state government makes cosmetic efforts to stop hoarding. Kashmir consumes the worst quality of essential commodities. The situation worsens when the Srinagar-Jammu More

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BSNL trouble

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has stopped the Mobile Number Portability for unknown reasons, making the subscribers suffer. MNP was launched on experimental basis in Haryana telecom circle on November 5, 2010 while the national roll out was done on 20 January, 2011. In first three weeks of operations itself More

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Feeling young

Mr ZGM is adept in opening a window into our old days and in the process educating present day youth of our naïve, but glorious past. Every Sunday I get nostalgic, and young for while. I'm reminded of my mother narrating such a folk lore. The story goes somewhat like this. In a far-flung village with More

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